* Oddino Barrotti da Fossano (1400) - a rarity: a parish priest with an
enduring reputation for sanctity
Beatification or canonization represent institutionalized memory; without
strong backing from a diocese (i.e. economic support) the legal procedures
securing canonization were not undertaken, let alone completed. Monastic
orders, on the other hand, fully supported their own. Statistics about
canonized sanctity can be highly misleading.
Gary Dickson
University of Edinburgh
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